1940 - 2017
Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. He came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the film A Man for All Seasons (1966) and gained BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayals of Timothy Evans in 10 Rillington Place (1971) and Quentin Crisp in television film The Naked Civil Servant (1975) – winning his first BAFTA for the latter. He played Caligula in the BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hurt has received more than 10,401,418 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). John Hurt is the 182nd most popular actor (down from 170th in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 286th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Actor.
John Hurt is most famous for his role as the War Doctor in the BBC series "Doctor Who". He is also well known for his roles in the films "The Elephant Man", "Alien", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "1984", "The Elephant Man", "V for Vendetta", "The Naked Civil Servant", "The Elephant Man", "Alien", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "1984", "The Elephant Man", "V for Vendetta", "The Naked Civil Servant", "The Elephant Man", "Alien", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "1984", "The Elephant Man", "V for Vendetta", "The Naked Civil Servant", "The Elephant Man", "Alien", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "1984", "The Elephant Man", "V for Vendetta", "The Naked Civil Servant".
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Among actors, John Hurt ranks 182 out of 10,030. Before him are Gary Oldman, Vanessa Redgrave, Jerry Lewis, Jane Birkin, Angelina Jolie, and Timothy Dalton. After him are Anthony Perkins, Gérard Philipe, Irene Papas, Salman Khan, Simone Signoret, and Montgomery Clift.
1958 - Present
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 176
1937 - Present
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 177
1926 - 2017
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 178
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 179
1975 - Present
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 180
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 181
1940 - 2017
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 182
1932 - 1992
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 183
1922 - 1959
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 184
1929 - Present
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 185
1965 - Present
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 186
1921 - 1985
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 187
1920 - 1966
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 188
Among people born in 1940, John Hurt ranks 25. Before him are Gao Xingjian, Michel Temer, J. M. Coetzee, Brian De Palma, Joachim Gauck, and Martin Sheen. After him are Zodiac Killer, Patrick Stewart, Peter Fonda, James Caan, Terry Gilliam, and Joseph Brodsky. Among people deceased in 2017, John Hurt ranks 15. Before him are Salvatore Riina, Michael I of Romania, Hugh Hefner, Jeanne Moreau, Jalal Talabani, and Jerry Lewis. After him are Manuel Noriega, Raymond Kopa, Glen Campbell, Zbigniew Brzezinski, George A. Romero, and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 19
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 20
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 21
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 22
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 23
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 24
1940 - 2017
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 25
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 26
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 27
1940 - 2019
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 28
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 29
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 30
1940 - 1996
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 31
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 9
1921 - 2017
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 10
1926 - 2017
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 11
1928 - 2017
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 12
1933 - 2017
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 13
1926 - 2017
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 14
1940 - 2017
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 15
1934 - 2017
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 16
1931 - 2017
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 17
1936 - 2017
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 18
1928 - 2017
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 19
1940 - 2017
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 20
1934 - 2017
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 21
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hurt ranks 288 out of 6,924. Before him are Roger Taylor (1949), Vanessa Redgrave (1937), John Deacon (1951), Jane Birkin (1946), Timothy Dalton (1946), and Harold Macmillan (1894). After him are Brian Jones (1942), Alfred North Whitehead (1861), David Lloyd George (1863), Beatrix Potter (1866), Mary of Teck (1867), and Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751).
1949 - Present
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 282
1937 - Present
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 283
1951 - Present
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 284
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 285
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 286
1894 - 1986
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 287
1940 - 2017
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 288
1942 - 1969
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 289
1861 - 1947
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 290
1863 - 1945
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 291
1866 - 1943
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 292
1867 - 1953
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 293
1751 - 1775
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 294
Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Hurt ranks 30. Before him are Ian Holm (1931), David Suchet (1946), Gary Oldman (1958), Vanessa Redgrave (1937), Jane Birkin (1946), and Timothy Dalton (1946). After him are Jacqueline Bisset (1944), Patrick Stewart (1940), Jeremy Irons (1948), Angela Lansbury (1925), Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), and Malcolm McDowell (1943).
1931 - 2020
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 24
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 25
1958 - Present
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 26
1937 - Present
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 27
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 28
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 29
1940 - 2017
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 30
1944 - Present
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 31
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 32
1948 - Present
HPI: 75.49
Rank: 33
1925 - Present
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 34
1957 - Present
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 35
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 36